merchant vessel · named in official warnings

M/V Bikini Bottom

1 message · 2016-02-03

status
no warning in force
first mention
2016-02-03 15:38Z
latest mention
2016-02-03 15:38Z
reported as
Incidents1
sea
Great Australian Bight
last position
-40.100, 144.133

Messages · 1, oldest first

One mention so far. The message has its own page: HYDROPAC 305/16. This page grows when the name is issued again.

  1. 1
    Incidents·HYDROPAC 305/162016-02-03 15:38Z → cancelled 2016-02-03 18:12Z
    M/V bikini bottom, four persons on board, sinking in 40-06S 144-08E at 031520Z feb
    Bass Strait · Tasmania · Great Australian Bight
    BASS STRAIT.
TASMANIA.
DNC 05.
M/V BIKINI BOTTOM, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, SINKING
IN 40-06S 144-08E AT 031520Z FEB. PERSONS ENTERING LIFERAFT.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC AUSTRALIA,
PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868,
E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.

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